Does anyone have information on Robert N. Stubblefield who d. in Henry Co, MO in 1885? He m. Matilda Lawson. Who were his parents? When did she die?; was born? He may have been from McMinn Co, TN ...maybe not... Many thanks, Emily Also seeking Ogan, Canterbury and Doolin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Steel,Steele,Turley,Woodson,Walker,Hibler, Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JKB.2ACE/98 Message Board Post: Seeking information on this family - Beniah B. STEEL was born 1798 in Montgomery Co. Kentucky. Beniah died before September 1849. He married Nancy Sarah TURLEY September 1828. She was born 4 May 1802 in Madison CO., Kentucky. She was the daughter of Samuel A TURLEY and Nancy Sallie OLDHAM. Nancy died 5 October 1878 in Henry Co. Missouri. They had 5 children: + .11 m Albert Harrison STEEL, born 16 February 1833, died 18 December 1893. .12 m Henry STEEL, born 1835 in Missouri. .13 f Catherine STEEL, born 1839 in Missouri. .14 u John STEEL, born 1849 in Missouri. .15 m William STEEL, born 1849. Nancy also married (2) William SIMS 10 September 1849 in Boone Co, Missouri. He was born 15 August 1773 in Wake Co., N. Carolina. William died 23 October 1861 in Boone Co, Missouri, and was buried 23 October 1861 in Sims Cemetery Sec. 4, Town. 47, Range 11, near Cedar Creek, Boone County, Missouri. Listing the descendants of Albert Harrison STEEL (16 February 1833 - 18 December 1893) .11 Albert Harrison STEEL (Beniah) was born 16 February 1833 in Montgomery Co. Kentucky. Albert died 18 December 1893 in Henry Co. Missouri, and was buried 19 December 1893 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Henry CO. Missouri. He married Elizabeth J. WOODSON 26 November 1863. She was born 26 December 1841 in Henry Co. Missouri. Elizabeth died 3 January 1919 in Montrose, Missouri, and was buried 4 January 1919 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Henry CO. Missouri. They had 5 children: .111 m Frank STEELE. + .112 m Albert Larkin STEELE, born 10 December 1869, died 1955. + .113 m William J STEELE, born 29 December 1866, died 11 August 1941. .114 f Mary A "Mollie" STEELE, born 12 September 1864, died 14 April 1889 in Henry Co. Missouri, and was buried 15 April 1889 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Walker Township, Henry County, Missouri. + .115 f Pearle A STEELE, born 31 October 1880, died 6 October 1953. .112 Albert Larkin3 STEELE (Albert2, Beniah1) was born 10 December 1869 in Henry Co. Missouri. Albert died 1955 in Henry CO Missouri, and was buried 1955 in Hopewell Cemetery, Henry CO. Missouri. He married Ella Markie SIMPSON 24 October 1900. She was born 27 May 1877 in Texas. Ella died 1946 in Henry CO Missouri, and was buried 1946 in Hopewell Cemetery, Henry CO. Missouri. They had 4 children: + .1121 m William Earl STEELE, born 29 November 1901, died 16 May 1940. .1122 m Paul STEELE, born 13 June 1904 in Henry CO Missouri, died September 1984 in Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri. .1123 f Alice Elizabeth STEELE, born 16 October 1906. .1124 f Francis Albert STEELE, born 7 November 1909 in Clinton, Henry, Missouri, died 31 May 1999 in Clinton, Henry, Missouri, and was buried 3 June 1999 in Urich Cemetery, Urich, Henry Co, MO. .1121 William Earl4 STEELE (Albert3, Albert2, Beniah1) was born 29 November 1901 in Henry Co. Missouri. William died 16 May 1940 in Henry Co. Missouri, and was buried 18 May 1940 in Hopewell Cemetery, Henry CO. Missouri. He married Una Iris HILLEBRANT 3 March 1922 in Henry CO Missouri. She was born 18 June 1900. Una died 28 August 1931, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Henry CO. Missouri. They had 4 children: f Mary Louise STEELE, born 1924, died 1925. m Donald Rae STEELE. m Robert Earl STEELE. f Bonnie Lee STEELE. .113 William J3 STEELE (Albert2, Beniah1) was born 29 December 1866. William died 11 August 1941 in Henry Co. Missouri, and was buried 12 August 1941 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Henry CO. Missouri. He married Mary Susie HIBLER. She was born 27 December 1872. Mary died 24 June 1917 in Henry Co. Missouri, and was buried 26 June 1917 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Henry CO. Missouri. They had 1 child: + .1131 f Gladys Leone STEELE, born 7 July 1903, died 20 November 1991. .1131 Gladys Leone4 STEELE (William3, Albert2, Beniah1) was born 7 July 1903 in Piper, Henry County, Missouri. Gladys died 20 November 1991 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, and was buried 22 November 1991 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Walker Township, Henry County, Missouri. She married Arthur Robert WILSON 12 January 1927. He was born 16 June 1904. Arthur died 13 February 1991 in Henry Co. Missouri, and was buried 15 February 1991 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Walker Township, Henry County, Missouri. They had 4 children: m Warren Dale WILSON, born after 1927. m Gordon Gerald WILSON, born after 1927, died 5 June 1943. m Dean S WILSON, born 25 May 1937, died 20 December 1990. f Joann WILSON, born after 1927. .115 Pearle A3 STEELE (Albert2, Beniah1) was born 31 October 1880 in Henry Co. Missouri. Pearle died 6 October 1953 in Henry Co. Missouri, and was buried October 1953 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Walker Township, Henry County, Missouri. She married George WALKER 1908. He was born 19 October 1883 in Walker Twp, Henry Co, Missouri. George died 19 February 1953 in Henry CO Missouri, and was buried February 1953 in Stones Chapel Cemetery, Walker Township, Henry County, Missouri. They had 4 children: .1151 f Lillie M WALKER. .1152 m Mae O. WALKER. .1153 m Claude WALKER. .1154 m Ralph WALKER.

Hi Everyone, Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you. Primitive Baptist Information http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/FamHist-Iowa.html I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks ~God Bless America~ *************************

Hi Everyone, Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you. BRITISH ANCESTORS have taken the risk out of engaging professional researchers with their amazing NO-FIND NO-FEE offer, now extended to the end of February. Our researchers throughout England and Scotland will search birth, marriage, death, census and church records for your ancestors (1837 to 1950) and will make no charge if your ancestors are not found! http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=774&sourceid=1028 Source: "Ancestry Daily News" (http://www.ancestry.com/rd/dailynews.htm) I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

Hi Everyone, Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you. A FREE map source. http://www.topozone.com This is a very good site to use to record or locate otherwise unidentifiable cemetery locations. I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

Hi Everyone, I'm sorry I forgot to include the url in my previous message. Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you. While searching for marriage records, I ran across a great source of free lookups on Ancestral Findings. This site offers free lookups of marriage, birth, death, immigration, land, military and census records in dozens of different resources. Lookups are limited to one per day, but what a great way to track down records that you'd otherwise have to purchase. Plus, when you request a lookup, you're automatically entered in a drawing to win a free surname report-a report from 10 genealogical databases of your choice. While you're on the site, check out the "View Hard to Find Surnames" link. This is a searchable database where you can post and read brick wall problems. http://www.ancestralfindings.com/ I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

Hi Everyone, Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you. While searching for marriage records, I ran across a great source of free lookups on Ancestral Findings. This site offers free lookups of marriage, birth, death, immigration, land, military and census records in dozens of different resources. Lookups are limited to one per day, but what a great way to track down records that you'd otherwise have to purchase. Plus, when you request a lookup, you're automatically entered in a drawing to win a free surname report-a report from 10 genealogical databases of your choice. While you're on the site, check out the "View Hard to Find Surnames" link. This is a searchable database where you can post and read brick wall problems. I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JKB.2ACE/97 Message Board Post: Looking for information on a Joe LOXTERKAMP who married Mary BEUKER (born abt 1890 in Montrose, Missouri).

Is there any way of telling what unit a person was attached to during the Civil War? Written accounts state that my GG-Grandfather was a dispatch rider and scout for the Union Army. He probably enlisted toward the end of 1862 since he had "a years worth of stories", he lived in Henry County and rode about 15 miles to meet up with his unit in Calhoun during the time of Price's Raid. He apparently rode with a man named John Gordon who had worked for him and one of his former slaves, Charles, apparently joined the same unit as a cook. All this being said, I am finding it to be an intimidating task to figure out where to begin looking for Drury Bagwell Revis on the Union Troop rosters. Does anybody have any ideas where to start?

Hi Everyone, The Mailing List is an e-mail list for group discussion of migration patterns, immigration, heraldry, historical sketches, census data, wills, family Bibles, vital records, web sites, and other genealogical research to assist you in learning more about a location or surname family, including collateral families and historical data that would benefit researchers. In general, the following topics are also welcomed to the Mailing List. Please post information on upcoming genealogical meetings, workshops, symposiums, reunions, and so forth. Reviews, criticisms, and comments for software or hardware you have used for genealogy or family history. Telling others about bookshops around the world that contain books or information about genealogy. It is held that anything a subscriber thinks is appropriate is, if it relates to genealogy. Even if you are not specifically interested in genealogy, you have a place here if you would like to share what you know that would benefit researchers or learn about history, social, economic, political, religious or other social science factors. Information of this type that is of interest to Genealogists in general (though it may not be specific) is permitted but please use discretion. We bring a lot of combined brain power to our sometimes seemingly "impossible to topple brick walls." Protecting Privacy. There are many people concerned with the posting of information online about living individuals. Protection of the living should always be uppermost in our mind. Whether we are posting a message or query, sending a family group sheet, a GEDCOM file or uploading our family history to the Internet, we should omit all living individuals. You owe it to those people. They may not share your love of genealogy. But above that, they did not give you permission to share all you know about them with the entire world. And let's face it, when you post all of that to the Internet, that is exactly what you are doing. So the next time you get ready to share information with a cousin, in print, disk or web format, stop and think for a moment. It does not matter what other types of groups have shared about your people; it should only matter what you yourself are sharing. Be one of the good guys and protect those you know who are still living by not sharing their information with the rest of the world. Even if you only give it to one person, you have given it to the world. You do not know for sure that the individual you shared with will think to protect those living individuals. So make sure it stops with you. Copyrights. Any person sending a message to this list retains the copyright to it. By sending the message, you grant to the list custodian, and his heirs and assigns forever, permission to distribute copies of the message to other list members, to store archival copies of the message, and to make the archival copies available to the Internet community at large. You also grant to other list members the right to quote your message in part or in total as a part of their replies sent back to the list. If a person has sent you a private e-mail you may not forward it to a public discussion group without the prior consent of the person who sent it. This does not prevent you from forwarding private e-mail to the listowner should you consider this appropriate. There are a number of myths about copyrights, especially as it pertains to the Internet. Additional information on the entire copyright issue and especially how it affects us on the Internet can be found at the following Internet Web sites. http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/copyright/copyright.htm http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/14_cpyrt.html http://www.cyndislist.com/copyrite.htm Please do not send copies of copyrighted material or file attachments (messages with files appended) to the list. If you have a file you would like to share with the list members, announce what you have to offer, then send the file only to those list members who request the information, via private e-mail. Check with the recipient before sending large files as attachments to e-mail. Large files can mess up e-mail programs. Remember, not all people can accept attachments. I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-)) Thanks again, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

I am seeking information on my Ogan family in Henry Co, MO in the late 1800s to the present. Children of Simon P. Ogan married persons with the names of Browning, Gilmore, and Sullivan. Two of his children's spouses are unknown. One has the first name of Berneice. Son George M. Ogan m. Miss Sullivan and their descendants m. Angle, Graham and Mills. I know there are current cousins in the area of Clinton and/or Montrose by the name of Mills, but I can't reach them. I know that George Ogan lived to be over 100 yrs old and was in the newspaper for it. The Angle family has a bio in a county history. I have all that, but would love to find others researching these lines or who are cousins. Simon's dau Alice is said to have married a doctor, but I don't have a clue about who that is and she prob. died before May 1912. I would appreciate some information on how I can get a coroner's report from 1912. In the past I have written the coroner of the county, but there was no response. I would be happy to pay someone to go there, if anyone lives nearby. Simon's wife committed suicide shortly after the death of Simon. The family story is that she was very depressed. I am named after my grandmother who is named after this woman, so my interest in the line is quite high. I have a photo of the wife and the house he build in Henry Co, but not one of Simon.Simon's father came to visit him in 1868 and fell from a horse and died. Would there be a newspaper who could have printed this tragedy? I'd love to get a copy. Simon also gave land for the first school in his area. He is said to be buried in Teay's Chapel Cem, but there was no stone when I started working on this line many years ago. I know he leaved in Bear Creek Twp and he died at his dau's house in Montrose. Thanks for helping... Emily

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Green (Greene) Merrils (Merrill) (Merelle) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JKB.2ACE/95 Message Board Post: Looking for information about parents, siblings or relations of Hanford Green. Born 1847 Jefferson County, New York. Civil War Veteran Company H 14th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers. Married Selora Merrils (Merrel) (Merelle) between 1865 and 1869. Children's names: Emmett born 1869 Waltham, IA; Whitford born 1871 Neosho, WI; Nancy Velnette "Netty" born 1873 Neosho, WI; Adelbert (Delbert) born Neosho, WI; Nielby no birthdate died Age 7; Minnie born 1880 Montrose, MO and Cora May born Springfield, SD. Family homesteaded in Lakeside, South of Rushville, Sheridan County, NE in 1884. Died 1929. Please email with possible Green relatives or information. Will share information I have. Thank you. loredaever@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JKB.2ACE/94 Message Board Post: Looking for Ramsey family members in the Henry Co area. Looking for Tom, Andrew, John, Fate, Laura, Margaret, Ann and Mother Fanny. Most of the children would have been born between 1835-1864

Hello, I am trying to help a friend find her half brother. His name was Billy Leon Jones when he was born, on September 5th 1976 in Clinton MO. He may have been adopted as an infant. His father was a Bowman. Thank You in Advance, Lee Ralph

Am looking for any information on Roy Zachary Taylor, and siblings, who lived in Windsor until the turn of the century. His father was Frank C. Taylor and his Mother was Virginia Berry. Thank you, Roy S. Taylor

Hi Everyone, Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you. You may recall, the databases containing California and Texas birth records previously hosted at RootsWeb have been removed. There is another vital records web site that you might find useful. It is a combination pay for and free site. You will have to navigate through some advertisements. In addition to birth and death records there are some marriage records, city directories, phone directories and a portal to Texas State records. http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/whatsnew.htm Another interesting web site - http://www.anybirthday.com I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

Hi Everyone, Thought this might be of interest and wanted to share it with you. The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. After two years of preparation, the British Public Record Office released the 1901 UK census results on its website on January 2. Within minutes, anxious genealogists and others who are seeking information about UK residents of a century ago overloaded the site. The Web site virtually ground to a halt as more than a million users tried to log on and trace their family history during its first three hours. The Public Record Office (PRO) had doubled the number of servers in anticipation of the demand. However, the 1901 census was placed online at 9:00 AM GMT. At noon a PRO spokeswoman said, "We have had more than a million hits since it went online. The system is overloading and we ask people to be patient. All we can suggest is to keep trying." The census was conducted a few weeks after the death of Queen Victoria as Britain was beginning a new era under the rule of King Edward VII. The 1901 UK census lists the names, ages, addresses, and mental health of more than 32 million people. It provides the first public look at details that have been extracted from 1.5 million pages of handwritten census returns for residents of England and Wales. Alison Webster, Public Record Office project manager, said: "The census returns are our most popular documents and making them available on the internet means that anyone can access information on their ancestors, the history of their house and their local area, as well as gaining an insight into the social and economic conditions of the time. All this without the trouble and expense of traveling to London. We hope this will be the first of many censuses to be digitized and plan to put the 1891 census returns online." The 1901 census forms asked respondents for their name, address, age, and occupation. The forms also asked them to list the state of their mental health, reporting whether they are deaf and dumb, blind, lunatic, an imbecile, or feeble-minded. More than 90,000 individuals are listed as "lunatics, imbeciles, or feeble-minded people." The 1901 census includes the name of the Queen Mother, then eight months old. She is listed as Elizabeth Angela Bowes-Lyon, with her address listed as Walden, Herts. A spelling mistake or poor handwriting appears to have misspelled her middle name with an "i," spelling it as Angelia. Others found in the 1901 UK census include comedian Charlie Chaplin, listed as a "music hall artiste," while legendary cricketer W.G. Grace is described as a "physician and secretary of the London County Cricket Club." Other famous names to appear include French artist Claude Monet, author H.G. Wells, author J.R.R. Tolkien, Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, and nurse Florence Nightingale. Of course, data transcription is never perfect, and some enumerators' shortcuts don't make the job easier. Genealogist Jeanne Bunting points out, "If anyone is researching the name DITTO, there are 39 of them in the index to the 1901 census... . One of them was even born in Ditto Ditto!!" Jeanne's experience proves that there is never a substitute for original records. Luckily, digitized images of the original forms are also available online at the Public Record Office site. Users logging on to the site will be able to search under several categories, including name, place, and address. You can search by first name, last name, gender, or age (plus or minus a number of years). An advanced search also allows the user to search by marital status, occupation, and relation to head of the family. There are also searches for locations, institutions (hospitals, barracks), and maritime vessels. For a cost of 50 pence (about 72 cents in US currency), users can look at the transcribed details from the census return. Another 50p buys the details of all other people listed at that address. You can also look at a digital image of the census return for 75p. The money raised will help to fund the digitizing of other censuses. The Public Record Office has already begun work on building a similar site for the 1891 census, which is expected to be available to the public next year. If you have ancestors or other family living in England or Wales during 1901, you will want to look at these online transcribed records. English and Welsh residents may also be interested to find who lived in their house in 1901. With so many genealogists trying to access this site, you may find the site to be unavailable. In fact, at the time these words are being written, a disclaimer on the site says, "Due to overwhelming demand the technical project team for the 1901 Census site has had to place access restrictions to the site. This will mean that some users will not be able to currently access the service." That's no surprise to experienced online genealogists, as the same thing happened when the LDS FamilySearch.org site first appeared online, as well as with the Ellis Island immigration database. Both of these sites were virtually unusable in the first week or two of operation as they were flooded with genealogists seeking information. Both eventually settled down and are now easily accessible at any hour of the day or night. I suspect the same will soon be true of the 1901 UK census results on the British Public Record Office's Web site. You can view the 1901 UK census returns at: http://www.pro.gov.uk I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CORNETT,CHANCELLOR,MARTIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JKB.2ACE/93 Message Board Post: Looking for info. on CORNETT family. IDA LEE CORNETT B. July 6, 1869 D. Dec 31, 1937 daughter CHRISTINE LEE CHANCELLOR B. Sept 23, 1886 in HENRY COUNTY (WHITE OAK TWSHP) D. Aug 10, 1980 Spouse WILLIAM SPENCER CHANCELLOR B. June 11, 1868 parents BEN CORNETT and MARGARET ANN MARTIN

Hi Everyone, The online world is in a constant state of flux. In genealogy, fellow genealogists have enjoyed strength in numbers. Now, the largest numbers of those who are researching their family histories are working online in chat rooms, with e-mail and Web sites on the Internet worldwide. With the Internet, we have so many people interested in genealogy. That is a good thing. There are people all over the place who are researching their ancestry. Coordinate your attack: get help from other researchers. The online world has definite communities, and *none* is friendlier and more helpful than the genealogical ones. Nevertheless, as with any community, there are customs and etiquette you are expected to follow. Part of becoming a member of the online genealogy community is learning to communicate effectively and politely on the Internet. Online communication is often hampered by the fact that you can not see the people with whom you are corresponding...and you can not hear the intonation of their voices to determine what emotions they are expressing. To avoid misunderstandings, follow some simple guidelines called netiquette...when authoring e-mail messages. One good idea is to "lurk" first, which is to say, read a maillist without posting messages yourself. It is sort of like sitting in the corner at a party without introducing yourself, except it is not considered rude online; in some places you are expected to lurk until you get the feel of the place. Read the messages for a while, and find out who is interested in what. RootsWeb sends a Welcome information message, read it well, understand what is allowed with this particular group, and then introduce yourself with your first message. The more you interact with a group of individuals, the more like a member of a community you will feel. But community is just what you make of it. You never know which one of those fellow researchers may turn out to be a cousin. This is truly an exciting time to be a genealogist. Each day brings new discoveries and new technology. For genealogists, making contacts by e-mail can be much more rapid than the traditional waiting that we have always done with snail mail, also known as postal mail. Hundreds of institutions such as libraries, universities and genealogical or historical societies now have e-mail addresses. This allows you to request information, directions or other types of help and advice from them in a quick and efficient manner, without the wait time or long distance charges involved in traditional methods. It is very easy to copy bits and pieces of your family information from your genealogy software program and then paste it into an e-mail message to share with someone else. E-mail is a simple way to share information and stay up-to-date with other researchers who are working on similar lines of research. If you have never subscribed to an e-mail list before, there are a few things you should be aware of. Some maillists will only have small amounts of sporadic traffic while others will generate enough e-mail to fill your mailbox daily. Subscribing to several lists will increase the volume of e-mail you receive, so be sure you do not "bite off more than you can chew." Give a Mailing List a fair chance to prove useful. Some maillists are very low traffic and many people get discouraged by this and unsubscribe soon after they first join. Many times there are lulls in conversation on a Mailing List and then suddenly the conversation will take-off like a rocket! Hang around on a maillist for a while before you decide to quit. You never know what might pop up! Before posting to the list, be sure you have read and understand the Welcome information message, and even then just read the list e-mail for a while until you become familiar with accepted forms of communication. Lurking refers to reading Mailing List messages and learning the ins and outs of that group for a little while before you actually join in and begin posting messages yourself. By lurking, you can learn a lot about how Mailing Lists work, about netiquette and about what types of researchers are out in cyberspace with you. But you will have to spend more than several nights just quietly reading messages without getting involved. You need to get involved, just as you do with your local society or your own neighborhood. We have a community; changing and growing much like a small town adapts and grows into a city. So venture forth and discover this Mailing List! It may take you a little time but you never know which one of those fellow researchers may turn out to be a cousin! You may feel a bit overwhelmed by all the information available online, but you will soon learn to gain control and make the Internet work for you. I wish you generous helpings of serendipity as you begin...or continue...your adventure. If something you learn here helps you find an ancestor or if you just want to say hello, feel free to send me an e-mail. Happy rooting! :-) Thanks, Mike ************************* Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, breathing, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." --- Phillip Brooks *************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: martin, self Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JKB.2ACE/92 Message Board Post: Seeking family of J S Martin, son of Nicholas P Martin and Eliza Jane Self, born 12 June 1867, died 1945. Married Sally Bradfield/Bradshaw. Had the following children: Helen Ralph Lee Roy Johnnie Photos place them in the following counties Boone Lafayette Henry